he'd hit puberty, he'd heard stories of wolves who had killed human
partners accidentally while mating with them.
Human bones lacked the density of his kind. Their skin bruised much more
easily.
Carefully, he pressed her back against the wall so that he could feel every
inch
of her lush curves against his hardness. The smell of her perfume and skin
intoxicated him. It was all he could do not to howl in triumph.
He nibbled his way from her delicate mouth, down her jaw, while he
reached
behind her and unhooked her bra. He heard her sharp intake of breath as her
breasts were freed. They were a lush bounty. Pale and swollen, they
overflowed
his hands. He'd never seen anything more beautiful. She laced her hands in
his
hair while he dipped his head down to suckle her.
Closing his eyes, he groaned in pleasure as he ran his tongue around her
puckered nipple.
He hadn't touched a female in almost a yeara record for him. But since the
night his sister had died, his life had shot from bad to worse and there hadn't
been anyone who appealed to him.
Not to mention that memories of Bride the one time he had seen her in the
Square
had haunted him. Midnight fantasies of him taking her in every position
known.
Of him exploring every single inch of her succulent body.
He'd spent hours damning himself for not leaving Sunshine to her own
devices and
following after this woman.
Protecting Sunshine had cost him everything, and for what? For a damned
Dark-Hunter's happiness?
No good deed goes unpunished.
It was Fury's favorite saying. A rogue wolf, Fury was as unreliable and
selfish
as any, but there were times when the wolf was amazingly astute.
But now as Vane held Bride in his arms and felt her soft, tender body
against
his, he felt a strange sense of comfort that had eluded him all these past
months.
It didn't erase the pain he felt at the loss of his siblings, but it lightened
it.
And that alone made her priceless to him.
Bride couldn't think straight as she watched Vane savoring her breasts. He
looked as if he were tasting divinity. Her body burned in rich desire. He was
spectacular.
His eyes were hooded and dark She stared at his back in the mirror and
wondered
at the scars that marred his smooth, tanned flesh. She touched the ridges of
them while he moved from her right to her left breast.
What had happened to him to cause so many scars? She'd never seen
anything like
it. Some of the scars were obviously claw and bite marks that looked like he
had
been mauled by some kind of wild animal. One in particular was deep and
large.
It went down his shoulder blade, up under his arm.
There was something so deadly about him and yet he held her with a gentle
touch.
He ran his hand down her stomach, burning a trail over her skin.
Her eyes half-closed, she watched him in the mirror as he dipped his tanned
hand
under the elastic of her black panties and touched her intimately.
Bride groaned at the sensation of his long, tapered fingers separating the
tender folds of her body so that he could caress her. At the sight of his hand
playing there in the mirror as he gently sank his fingers deep inside her.
She moaned at the sight and feel of him.
It was so odd to be able to see him from so many different angles. To see
herself being loved by him.
She should be embarrassed and yet she wasn't. She didn't even feel
self-conscious. If anything, she felt strangely empowered by it.
A man like this so hungry for her.
It was unimaginable.
Vane kissed his way down her stomach. Moving his hand, he actually pulled
her
underwear off with his teeth. He removed her sandals, taking time to rub the
arches of her feet before he tossed them over his shoulder.
He crouched on the floor in front of her, looking up with a hot, devouring,
intense stare. He still wore his jeans and boots while she was completely
naked.
Vane couldn't breathe as he watched her. There was still a tinge of fear in
her,
but it